Parents, as well as pediatric healthcare clinicians, may want to protect young people from difficult new about their advanced heart disease but many adolescents and young adults prefer being engaged with medical decision-making.
Tag: pediatric heart disease
Largest Randomized Trial Evaluates Steroids for Infant Heart Surgery
For more than four decades, doctors have been split on whether giving steroids during a pediatric open-heart surgery could be helpful for post-operative recovery. A new study is providing a bit more clarity, suggesting there are some benefits for certain kinds of patients.
Ali N. Zaidi, MD, to Receive Prestigious Honor From American Heart Association on Long Island
Cardiologist will partner with organization to create awareness for congenital heart disease to improve community health
The Medical Minute: When is a visit to a pediatric cardiologist in order?
Parents shouldn’t ignore sometimes subtle warning signs of a structural heart defect or heart condition. Dr. Stephen Cyran, pediatric cardiologist with Penn State Health Children’s Heart Group, explains in this Medical Minute.